GRE Hit Parade Group 4

Having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting

To increase in intensity, power, influence or prestige

A medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals, esp. base metals into gold

Agreeable; responsive to suggestion

Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

Having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a hardening effect on tissue

Sharing a border; touching; adjacent

A generally agreed upon pracice or attitude

Tending to believe to readily; gullible (noun form: credulity)

An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness (adj form: cynical)

Polite or appropriate conduct or behavior (adj form: decorous)

Scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment (adj form: derisive; verb form: deride)

To dry out or rehydrate; to make dry or dull

One with an ameteurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

To slight or belittle

To disclose something secret

To flatter or praise excessively

To show contempt for, as in a rule or convention

Pointlessly talkative; talking too much

Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial

Overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance

About to happen; impending

Not capable of change

Hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement

Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice

Damaging; harmful; injurious

Not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate

Steadfast and courageous

Using few words; terse

An independent individual who does not go along with the group or party

Charachterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood

To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity

A recent convert; a beginner; a novice

To deliberately obscure; to make confusing

Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising

Characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy

To premeate throughout (adj form: prevesive)

Calm; sluggish; unemotional

An overabundance; a surplus

Practical rather than idealistic

Overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties

Pure; uncorrupted; clean

Adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness

A natural predisposition or inclination

Excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagent (noun form: profligacy)

A natural inclination or tendency; penchant

Dull; lacking in spirit or imagination

Characterized by a strong, shap smell or taste

Foolishly impractical; maked by lofty romantic ideals

Occurring or recurring daily; commonplace

To make or become thin, less dense; to refine

Hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure

Radiant; shiny; brilliant

To fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise

Diligent; persistent; hard-working

a piece of broken pottery or glass

Causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep

Thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals

One who spends money wastefully

Not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern

Implied; not explicitly stated

Brief and concise in wording

To publicly Praise or promote

Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating

Genuine; not false or hypocritical

Indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable

To waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; waver

Multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color

Annoyance; irritation (verb form: vex)

Alertly watchful (noun form; vigilance)

To use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse or cesure severely or abusively; berate

Readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive (noun form: volatility)